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WASHINGTON— William Barr, who served as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, has emerged as a top contender for that job in President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, two people familiar with the president’s selection process said Thursday. The appointment of a new attorney general would come at a precarious time as special counsel Robert Mueller’s … Continue reading WASHINGTON | Former Attorney General William Barr may get old job again→

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s request for the Pentagon to house migrants detained at the U.S. southern border and even help prosecute them is prompting concern about strains to the military. Some call it an inappropriate mission. “We shouldn’t be militarizing border enforcement,” Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, said in an interview. Defense Secretary … Continue reading WASHINGTON | Concern over using US military to help border enforcement→

BURLINGTON, Vt/February 10, 2018(AP)(STL.News) — Tony Pomerleau, who rose from humble roots to become one of the state’s major business figures and a prominent philanthropist, has died at age 100. Pomerleau died late Thursday at his home in Burlington, said Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, whose wife, Marcelle Leahy, is Pomerleau’s niece. “We think of … Continue reading Vermont developer, philanthropist Tony Pomerleau dies at 100→